Tariffs Could Hit California Growers Hard: The proposed 200% tariff might have a paradoxical effect: it could encourage big US wineries to import more foreign bulk wine to replace wine made from California...
March 18, 2025 — GuildSomm and D.O. Cava are thrilled to announce the launch of the inaugural Great Cava Pursuit—a new, exciting competition designed to test and deepen your knowledge of Cava while...
ULC’s Draft Shipping Changes Face Intense Industry Backlash: This month, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC; an attorney committee otherwise best known for promulgating the Uniform Commercial Code, required...
(July 22, 2022) — GuildSomm is excited to announce the top five US winners in the annual Ruinart Sommelier Challenge. Created in 2010 and held in 15 cities around the world, the program aims...
Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation, Napa Valley Grapegrowers, Partner with UCCE to Support Equitable Working Conditions for Farmworkers: The Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation (FWF) and Napa Valley Grapegrowers...
PETALUMA, Calif. (February 2, 2022) — Wine industry and wine education leader, Jenny Hemmer, has been named the new executive director of GuildSomm. Hemmer brings over 18 years of industry...
2018 California Crush Report by the Numbers: The 2018 California crush report was released today, and as expected the report reveals a bountiful 2018 winegrape harvest up 6.6% in volume from 4,016 thousand...
